Parallels tip: Upgrading to Ubuntu Feisty from Edgy

Upgrading your parallels image to try out feisty really couldn't be easier. Simply clone the disk image you already have of Edgy and rename it so know what it is. I followed the second set of instructions found at ubuntugeeks.com [http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-2.html] First…

Ubuntu Edgy under Parallels Desktop for mac

As Ubuntu [http://www.ubuntu.com/] Edgy has not long been released I thought I would see how it runs on parallels [http://www.parallels.com/] desktop for mac. I downloaded the standard .iso and followed pretty much the same instructions as when I installed Ubuntu Dapper [https://muffinresearch.co.…

Running Ubuntu under Parallels Desktop for Mac

Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake under Parallels Desktop is really easy to do so here's a few pointers how to do it and to customise it to be easier to use via the mac keyboard: The installation 1. Download the Desktop CD .iso image from the Ubuntu…

Ubuntu Breezy Badger install horrors

I decided to check out Breezy Badger the latest version of Ubuntu linux [http://www.ubuntulinux.org]. First I thought I would try the in place upgrade from Hoary to Breezy by altering /etc/apt/sources.list to the Breezy repositories and then running sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get…

fscked up beyond all recognition

Strange things were afoot this evening when I switched on my laptop. Ubuntu [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/] did the intermittant "HAL could not be initialized" error first of all. A quick reboot and everything seemed ok for a couple of minutes. The update indicator was red so I…

Ubuntu Ubuntu they drink it in the congo

XP Pro started giving me grief on my laptop with a blue screen every time I booted it up, which seemed to relate to the wireless card. So to fix the problem I installed Ubuntu Linux [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/], problem solved! Installation is text based, and I found that…